The Ed Meeks event seems to be escalating

[coach66]

Just a little. Massive pillow fight on NAFOOM
Over their symbols and where they go from here.

 

[Digging dog]

Been out of loop. Please elaborate.

 

[coach66]

The School of Journalism is named after Ed Meeks and his name was recently

removed from the building after he made some unfortunate posts on social media about falling property values in Oxford if the city doesn't get things
back under control. The posts were perceived by many to be racist and sexist and there was a backlash. Now, some of the Ole Miss faculty have signed a letter
claiming a hostile environment exist and they want all symbols of the Old South relocated or removed I believe. As you can imagine it is leading to some heated discussion
among the Ole Miss faithful.

 

[DogStuckAtUM.sixpack]

Dozens of faculty, staff wrote a letter to school paper demanding "reparative justice." It's pretty crazy in-fighting and is only going to get worse.

Link.

If you have the time and want more background, check out Chase and Neal's take on it during their podcast (starts around 58 min mark).

 

[Faustdog]

I didn’t think they had actually removed his name yet. Have they?

 

[coach66]

I think he told them to take it off.

nm

 

[Shamoan]

radio said that a vote to remove the name could happen as early as this week. the strategy to slowly transition away from the old south might have to be bumped up a couple of notches to accelerate the process.

the days of hearing the term ole miss and rebels are nearing an end....its just a matter of time at this point.

 

[WilCoDawg]

So where exactly did they think they were? Did they not realize when they took they jobs and enrolled in school that they were going to such an environment? They will call themselves “brave” for making a stand, but it’s actually opportunistic. That’s what cowards do. Not heroes.

 

[woozman]

I hope our coaches are showing this letter referring to the “hostile environment” on OM’s campus to Mingo’s parents and the parents of other recruits.

Man, OM can’t get out of their own way...

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

So where exactly did they think they were? Did they not realize when they took they jobs and enrolled in school that they were going to such an environment? They will call themselves “brave” for making a stand, but it’s actually opportunistic. That’s what cowards do. Not heroes.

Well of course, everybody knows that.

 

[EurekaDog]

5 years ago, I pedicted that "Ole Miss", Rebels, and anything that could ...

possibly viewed as related to the Confederacy would be eliminated by 2025.

My UM kinfolk didn't think so.

I may have been a little off.

 

[Len2003]

I enjoy laughing at Ole Miss as much as the next person, but all of this nonsense about everything being racist is out of hand. What Meeks said was not racist, and it's scary that administers bow down to the mob. What's happening is that crazy social justice warriors are latching onto what Meeks said and turning it into reform for other things on campus.

This kind of thing could happen at any school these days. It's not a good thing even if it is Ole Miss.

 

[Shmuley]

******** lurkers: are you going to stand for this atrocity? Are you going to let those bastards take your symbols willingly? Stand up and fight. Unless y’all are the pussies everybody thinks you are. Come on, fight for your heritage. Don’t let them push you around.

signed,
the people’s university

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

I enjoy laughing at Ole Miss as much as the next person, but all of this nonsense about everything being racist is out of hand. What Meeks said was not racist, and it's scary that administers bow down to the mob. What's happening is that crazy social justice warriors are latching onto what Meeks said and turning it into reform for other things on campus.

This kind of thing could happen at any school these days. It's not a good thing even if it is Ole Miss.

No one would care if it wasn't for the football players they are recruiting. Real Talk

 

[Len2003]

No one would care if it wasn't for the football players they are recruiting. Real Talk

Yup. That's pretty much it.

 

[RocketDawg]

No one would care if it wasn't for the football players they are recruiting. Real Talk

There's a lot of truth to that statement. Throw in basketball players too though.

 

[HamSammich]

Both girls that were in the pictures are students at Ole Miss with one being a Grad student. Yes, they were scantly clad, but so is 95% of the co-eds here. (Yes I’m a state fan that lives in Oxford)

They definitely do some shady **** and hookers are provided for the football players. However, the two he mentioned in his post just happened to be students of the university and that’s where he 17’d up.

 

[JungRebel]

Meek's post was racially insensitive. It was probably not intended to be hostile to black people, but if you're 80 years old and dont know better than to ***** about crime and property values while posting pictures of black people who are dressed like the rest of our students, and have not been accused of any crimes, then I can do nothing for you. The post was slander, and Meek no longer deserves to have his name on a building where ethics against slander are taught in the first semester.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Both girls that were in the pictures are students at Ole Miss with one being a Grad student. Yes, they were scantly clad, but so is 95% of the co-eds here. (Yes I’m a state fan that lives in Oxford)

They definitely do some shady **** and hookers are provided for the football players. However, the two he mentioned in his post just happened to be students of the university and that’s where he 17’d up.

The girls at the Strip Joints are always doing it for extra money for college ***

 

[Duke Humphrey]

From today's Daily Mississippian....... they go there

http://thedmonline.com/moving-forward-from-meek-text-hh-ek-ms/

"What’s next?
Students at the listening forums addressed other racially-ambiguous issues on campus, such as bringing down the Confederate monument and examining the school’s use of “Ole Miss” and “Rebels.”
UM faculty members have also expressed the need for the university to take steps beyond addressing the immediate hatred condoned by Meek’s post. In the days following Meek’s harmful actions, assistant professors of history Jessica Wilkerson and Garrett Felber circulated a petition calling upon school leaders to take a more direct look at the issues plaguing the campus."

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

From today's Daily Mississippian....... they go there

http://thedmonline.com/moving-forward-from-meek-text-hh-ek-ms/

"What’s next?
Students at the listening forums addressed other racially-ambiguous issues on campus, such as bringing down the Confederate monument and examining the school’s use of “Ole Miss” and “Rebels.”
UM faculty members have also expressed the need for the university to take steps beyond addressing the immediate hatred condoned by Meek’s post. In the days following Meek’s harmful actions, assistant professors of history Jessica Wilkerson and Garrett Felber circulated a petition calling upon school leaders to take a more direct look at the issues plaguing the campus."

There's about to be so much stuff changed on that campus when they do their cheer and ask, "Who the hell are we?" it's going to be an honest question.

 

[MedDawg]

Dozens of faculty, staff wrote a letter to school paper demanding "reparative justice." Link.

"First, in consultation with the Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation and other stakeholders, explore renaming the School of Journalism and New Media after Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the pioneering investigative journalist, anti-lynching crusader, feminist suffragist and co-founder of the NAACP, who was born into slavery in nearby Holly Springs, Mississippi."

I think that's a really good idea. But Ole Miss will combine her name with a donor with the last name Ross and call the school The Ross Barnett School of Journalism.